Tally-board



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TALLY BOARD.

WITNESSES 9% WW 5 M Patented Aug. 28, 1883.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO WILLIAM BROWN, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

TALLY- BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 283,750, dated August 28, 1883.

\ Application filed April 23, 1853 (No model.)

To all whont it may concern Be it known that LWVILLIAM BROWN, a resident of the city and county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Registers or Tally-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the'keeping of a reg ister, count, or tally by means of blocks or rolls having sides or faces of different colors or numbers, or other easily-distinguishable difference, and a corresponding hole and wire, or similar means of support, on which they can be readily changed, so as to bring the desired mark in sight. It is designed for use in r 5 games of various kinds, and most all places where a readily-adjusted register, count, or

tally is desirable.

The accompanying drawings show a simple form of its application in a frame designed to stand on a table or shelf, or be hung on a wall. In said drawings, Figure 1 is a front or top view. Fig. 2 is a side View from the right of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 showing different forms of the holes in the blocks or rolls.

The rolls A A, I make of wood or anysuitable material, with the hole, as shown, having 'two or. more ends or notches, and correspond- 7 ing parts of their surfaces having different colors, numbers, or other plain marks, so that as the rolls hang by either notch or end the desired color is seen, and by turning them partly round another is brought to view.

The supporting-wire B is held by the frame 0, which has also wires f f, crossing B, between each roll. These prevent the turning of one roll from affecting another, arevery useful in some cases, though in many the rolls may be used without them, and the form both of the rolls and their apertures be varied to suit the circumstances or fancy, and they may be held in position by friction on their surfaces, instead of hanging by notches or simi lar means.

I claim 1. The register-roll or tally-block described, having differently designated sides or surfaces, an aperture for a supporting-wire, on which it can be turned without removal, and a frame or means of supporting said wire, substantially as and for the purposes above set forth.

2. The tallyboard described, consisting of the rolls having differently-designated sides, a supporting-frame, and the separating-wires between the rolls, all constructed and operat ing in the manner and for the purposes as above set forth and described.

WM. BROWN. I

Witnesses:

O. H. ARNOLD, JAS. (LARNOLD. 

